AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL NEWS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2318, 4 August 1898, Page 14

AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL NEWS.

An e-vchnn^c plater that there ii o lead,'^.cc fhon ir- lho West End of London in wiii^h not n single joint of English meat is kept, but whfr" iuigc quantities ol New Zeahncl n.ullon aie pold no Scot..h. With tins place, as well a;- with lot? of t thei rfhops, unp^vupulons conks are in league. Recently a householder on a large k.ilo opened a leltev aci-drcss-ed to him from the e^abh-umen'^ m question, and f.^-.n-l that it. crntainec a checiue fm- .€l2, drtvn in fa\our of his cote. Finlhcr inquiries e'-uird the f-xcl tint ;♦ n-ul been put, into xhf wrong envolpue, also that the cook had been buying New Zealand million instead of Scotch, and paying the full price for it. too. The cheque represented hid bonus. The stoy may be, and probably is, quite true, and it pioves tho frailty of human nature and ihe excellence of New Zealand mutton.

Tl"j pttrntio-.! of (he committee of the Duoediu Ch'.mber of Commerce having been 6\-&-\n lo the fad; that many thousands of fat sheep were bting puvcbas.-d ia OUffo an<^ Soutfciaxd b> Uanterbmy '.uyera and railed lo CauterVury, where they were frozen snd exported as " Prime Canterbury," it was decided to communicate with the Cl.ristchnrch Chamber on the subject wifeh the view of haviog the pr.ietioe checked in the iuterefcts of all concerned. . , Some ih weeks ago, says the Mauawattt

Herald, Mr Tark, tho Government veterinary surgeon, tested a cow ou the Motoa estate for tuberculosis, and discovered she was suffering from it. Hr Hul', the inspector of stock, had the cow killed a few days ago, and it was ascertained that the le»t was corrpcb, Ibough the diseat-e was not very had. Mr Hull informs the Herald tjiat this csse forui3 an cxeeltarat procic of the value of the leßt, as the cow showed no symptoms of ailing, and aa he had not made the test himself he was very doubtful from let' appearance whether there was anything wrong with her.